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Medical Xpress / Quality improvement project results in increased screening and treatment for iron deficiency in pregnancy

Within a year of initiation, a multidisciplinary project to improve screening and treatment for iron deficiency in pregnancy resulted in a six-fold rise in screening rates for iron deficiency in pregnant patients, a 20-fold ...

Phys.org / Musk denies reports of SpaceX seeking $800 billion valuation

Elon Musk has denied news reports that his rocket and satellite maker SpaceX is seeking a $800 billion valuation through a share sale.

9 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Altering the daily timing of immunotherapy could improve survival in people with cancer

Receiving anticancer immunotherapy earlier in the day may help individuals with cancer live longer. That's according to a study published in Cancer.

14 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Doctors rail against weakening hepatitis B vaccine recommendation

On Dec. 5, the Committee on Immunization Practices voted to approve new recommendations delaying the child hepatitis B vaccine for infants, providing a win for the Make America Healthy Again movement while troubling many ...

9 hours ago in Pediatrics
Medical Xpress / Lower doses of immunotherapy for skin cancer give better results, study suggests

According to a new study, lower doses of approved immunotherapy for malignant melanoma can give better results against tumors, while reducing side effects. This is reported by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in the Journal ...

22 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Standard road crossing intervals are often too short for older adults with limited mobility, research reveals

Road crossings need to slow down to allow people with mobility issues and older pedestrians enough time to use them, research has indicated.

22 hours ago in Gerontology & Geriatrics
Medical Xpress / Virtual program focusing on diet and exercise can help reduce side effects of lymphoma treatment

Patients undergoing treatment for lymphoma often experience adverse side effects that can be so severe that they stop or slow treatment. But a new study shows that a virtual program focusing on diet and exercise is a feasible ...

23 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Most normal matter in the universe isn't found in planets, stars or galaxies: An astronomer explains

If you look across space with a telescope, you'll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, billions of stars and their attendant planets. The universe teems with huge, spectacular objects, and ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Time-delay cosmography may enable a speed camera for the universe

There is an important and unresolved tension in cosmology regarding the rate at which the universe is expanding, and resolving this could reveal new physics. Astronomers constantly seek new ways to measure this expansion ...

Dec 5, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Earlier ultra-relativistic freeze-out could revive a decades-old theory for dark matter

A new theory for the origins of dark matter suggests that fast-moving, neutrino-like dark particles could have decoupled from Standard Model particles far earlier than previous theories had suggested.

Dec 4, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / New deep-sea species discovered during mining test

There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the seabed. An international study, which has discovered large numbers of new species at a depth of ...

Dec 5, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Alaknanda: JWST discovers massive grand-design spiral galaxy from the universe's infancy

A spiral galaxy, shaped much like our Milky Way, has been found in an era when astronomers believed such well-formed galaxies could not yet exist. Two astronomers from India have identified a remarkably mature galaxy just ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Astronomy & Space